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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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